What are the effects of Poria cocos?

Poria cocos is now often used as an introduction to traditional Chinese medicine because it has a good health-care effect. It can help us calm our minds and treat cough, edema or other diseases. Therefore, Poria cocos is now widely used in clinical practice. Now let’s take a comprehensive inventory of the major effects of Poria cocos to see if you have used it correctly in your life.

Poria cocos is sweet, mild and neutral in nature, and enters the heart, lung and spleen meridians. It has the effects of dissipating dampness and promoting diuresis, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and calming the mind. It can cure symptoms such as difficulty in urination, edema, cough due to phlegm and fluid, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, spermatorrhea, stranguria, palpitations, and forgetfulness. The diuretic effect of Poria cocos is achieved by strengthening the spleen and lung functions, which is different from other Chinese medicines that directly promote diuresis. Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang, Si Jun Zi Tang, and Si Ling Tang are all commonly used prescriptions that contain Poria cocos.

(a) Appetizer soup. 15g of Poria cocos, 12g of Chinese yam, 30g each of barley malt, 1 fresh and 1 dried duck gizzard, boil them into soup and drink. Treats indigestion and loss of appetite in children.

(2) Poria cocos and coix seed porridge. Take 25g each of Poria cocos and Coix seeds, 5g of dried tangerine peel and an appropriate amount of polished rice, cook into porridge. Treats diarrhea and difficulty urinating in children due to spleen deficiency.

(3) Poria cocos and coix seed cake. Take 30g each of Poria cocos, coix seed and white flour and an appropriate amount of white sugar, grind them into fine powder, press them into cakes and steam them. It is suitable for children to eat and has the effect of harmonizing the spleen and stomach.

(iv) Poria cocos, tangerine peel and ginger juice tea. Boil 25 grams of Poria cocos and 5 grams of dried tangerine peel in water, and add 10 drops of ginger juice when drinking. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and can treat vomiting during pregnancy.

The effects of Poria cocos are not single, and it can also be paired with many foods to make nutritional health foods that regulate our bodies. It can naturally play a better role in health. Therefore, everyone should learn to use Poria cocos correctly in life to help us effectively treat and solve the harm caused by diseases.